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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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[KH Explains] Why Korea's so tough on short selling
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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‘Kim desperately wanted to denuclearize,’ Moon writes in memoirs
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Actors involved in past controversies return first via streaming service originals
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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Korea set to finalize medical school expansion plans
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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U.N. environment summit opens, but prospects grim
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) ― Twenty years after the first Earth Summit, a renewed bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint opened Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro against a backdrop of discord and economic gloom.Kicking off the so-called Rio+20 summit, Dilma Rousseff, president of host nation Brazil, called on “all countries of the world to commit” to reaching an accord that addresses the most pressing environmental and social woes.The U.N. conference, which marks the 20th anniversary
June 14, 2012
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Australia to create world’s largest set of marine parks
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Australia on Thursday announced plans to create the world’s largest network of marine parks to protect ocean life, with limits placed on fishing and oil and gas exploration off the coast.The new reserves would cover 3.1 million square kilometers, or more than one-third of Australian waters, taking in significant breeding and feeding grounds.The announcement, after years of planning and consultation, came ahead of the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development next week in Brazil, wh
June 14, 2012
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Birthday party turns into riot
At least five patrol cars backed by taser cops were sent to suppress 40 teenagers who went on a rampage at a birthday party in Essex, England, on Friday.Those who were in the riot torched a balcony, beat the neighbors’ doors and threatened to kill each other.Sue Sutheran, who was at the party with her daughter, said it started when she found that her purse was stolen and confronted them. “I told them no one was leaving until everyone’s been searched. That’s when they started kicking off,” she sa
June 14, 2012
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U.S. town Oks $20 fines for swearing in public
Residents in a town outside Boston voted Monday night to make the foul-mouthed pay fines for swearing in public.At a town meeting, residents voted 183-50 to approve a proposal from the police chief to impose a $20 fine on public profanity.Officials insist the proposal was not intended to censor casual or private conversations, but instead to crack down on loud, profanity-laden language used by tee
June 14, 2012
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Nodding off for a while, two months passed
A 15-year-old girl missed her high school exams because she had fallen in sleep for two months. Stacey Comerford in England nodded off in April, and then it was June when she woke up.“I’ve missed nine exams and my birthday in November,” Comerford said. She was predicted to get A’s in the nine eaxams in last November. The reason for her deep slumber is that Stacey suffers from Kleine Levin Syndrom, also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrom. Stacey’s mother, Bernie Richard, said that her daughter is
June 14, 2012
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Police: Killings came after job rejection
Police in Japan suspect a man may have fatally stabbed two people because an acquaintance refused to give him a job, sources told The Yomiuri Shimbun.Kyozo Isohi, 36, was arrested Sunday in Osaka in the fatal stabbings of two people he told police he did not know.The Yomiuri Shimbun said Isohi had visited an acquaintance in Osaka to ask for a job.Police, who are to analyze Isohi‘s psychological state at the time of the killings, suspect his failure to get the job might have prompted the attacks.
June 14, 2012
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75% of Japan's NW Pacific whale hunt unsold: official
TOKYO (AFP)--Three-quarters of the tons of meat from Japan's controversial whale hunt last year was not sold, despite repeated attempts to auction it, officials said on Wednesday.The Institute of Cetacean Research, a quasi-public body that organises the country's whaling, said around 75 percent of roughly 1,200 tons of minke, Bryde's and sei meat from the deep-sea mission did not find buyers.It is
June 13, 2012
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Bulldozers dig for victims of Afghan earthquakes
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)--Bulldozers dug through tons of rocks and dirt on Wednesday in hopes of recovering 71 victims of a landslide that occurred after two earthquakes struck in northern Afghanistan earlier this week.Two bodies have been recovered so far and 69 other people are feared dead--entombed in the rubble in Baghlan province's Burka district, Mahmood Haqmal, the spokesman for the province
June 13, 2012
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'Forced abortion' picture causes uproar in China
BEIJING (AFP)--Graphic images posted online showing the bloody corpse of a baby whose mother was allegedly forced to terminate her pregnancy at seven months have caused an uproar in China.Rights groups say authorities in north China's Shaanxi province forced Feng Jianmei to abort her pregnancy on June 2 because she was unable to pay a 40,000 yuan ($6,270) fine for exceeding China's "one-child" pop
June 13, 2012
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Founder of Indonesia’s Salim Group dies at 97
JAKARTA (AFP) ― Liem Sioe Liong, who used his ties to former dictator Suharto to build a small peanut oil business into leading Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group, has died aged 97, his company said Tuesday.The Chinese-born tycoon, whose Indonesian name was Soedono Salim and whose group is now one of Asia’s biggest businesses, passed away in Singapore on Sunday, said a statement from Indofood, one of his companies.“The Soedono Salim that we know personally is a visionary, simple, humble, tenaci
June 13, 2012
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Documentary on elder Bush premieres on Maine coast
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) ― Former President George H.W. Bush says it’s a good thing his mother wasn’t around for the premiere of an HBO documentary about his life. Bush says his mom taught him to avoid talking about himself and the film “41” features Bush in his own words. It premiered Tuesday in Kennebunkport, Maine, near his summer home. Bush, who turned 88 on Tuesday, has spent at least part of every summer since childhood in Kennebunkport, except when he served as a naval aviator during Wo
June 13, 2012
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Ostrom, first woman winner of Noble economics prize, dies
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) ― Elinor Ostrom, an Indiana University professor of political science and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, died Tuesday at age 78. Ostrom died of cancer Tuesday morning at IU Health Bloomington Hospital, university spokesman Steve Hinnefeld said. He said the school was informed of Ostrom’s death by her longtime friend and colleague, Michael McGinnis, a professor of political science at IU. Ostrom shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics with Oliver Wi
June 13, 2012
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Al-Qaida releases new Libi video, after his death
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A new video featuring al-Qaida’s number two Abu Yahya al-Libi, who the United States said was killed last week after a drone strike in Pakistan, was posted online Tuesday, monitoring services said.Both the SITE Monitoring Service and IntelCenter, which keep tabs on jihadi websites, said it was not clear when the video had been made.The US-based SITE said the video production date only indicated it had been produced by al-Qaida’s media arm As-Sahab some time after November 2011
June 13, 2012
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Coordinated bombs kill 56 during Iraq pilgrimage
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Coordinated car bombs in four Iraqi cities targeting Shiite pilgrims killed at least 56 people and wounded dozens more early on Wednesday in Iraq‘s latest wave of sectarian-fueled violence, officials said.The death toll was expected to rise in the attacks, which included car bombs that tore into Shiite religious processions at four different locations across Baghdad. It was the third attack in the capital this week targeting the annual pilgrimage commemorating the 8th century dea
June 13, 2012
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Suu Kyi departs on landmark European tour
YANGON (AFP) -- Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar Wednesday on her first trip to Europe since 1988 to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago.Her visit marks a new milestone in the political changes that have swept the country formerly known as Burma since decades of military rule ended last year, bringing to power a new quasi-civilian government.“I would like to do my best for the interests of the people,” Suu Kyi told reporters
June 13, 2012
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Syria now in civil war, U.N. official says
U.S. fears Russia could be sending attack helicoptersDAMASCUS (AFP) ― Syria is now in a full-scale civil war, U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said, as the United States voiced fears the U.N. mission in the country may not survive once its mandate expires in July.World powers are groping to find a way to end the bloodshed in Syria with the toll growing daily despite a ceasefire that should have gone into effect from April 12, and amid reports of children being used as human shields.Asked wh
June 13, 2012
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China announces 23 arrests in U.S. gun scheme
BEIJING (AP) ― Chinese police on Tuesday announced the arrests of 23 people as part of a joint U.S.-Chinese investigation into a gun trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of firearms into the country.The arrests announced by the Ministry of Public Security follow the detention of three men in the United States last month in connection with the scheme. They included Joseph Debose of North Carolina, a staff sergeant in a U.S. National Guard special forces unit, along with two Chinese nationals.Deb
June 13, 2012
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Tiger in the house
Judith Kerr’s book about a tiger that eats all the food in a little girl’s house has turned into a reality.A huge tiger named Enzo is living with a family as their pet in Brakpan, South Africa. Michael Jamison and Jackie Smit brought nine-week-old Enzo into their home in 2011, but as he grows he now eats 11 pounds of meat a day.His life is the same as other pets: sharing the place with 14 other dogs, lying on the bed and sprawling on the sofa.“He is happy living with us -- but we have to remembe
June 13, 2012
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Ga. Tech professor under investigation over prostitution scandal
A prominent Georgia Tech professor has found himself amid a sex scandal after a suggestive e-mail he wrote was revealed to the public, WSB-TV reported Monday.In the e-mail about a trip to Thailand, Professor Michael Meyer made a specific reference to the Nana hotel situated next to Bangkok’s red light district, saying “I want to tell you the sex trade is unbelievable. Gorgeous women to stay the night with you for $30 to $40.”Georgia Tech’s legal office has requested an investigation into the iss
June 13, 2012
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Ethnic strife continues in western Myanmar city
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) ― With residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from homes burned to ashes in some of the country’s deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years.The conflict along ethnic and religious lines has left at least seven people dead and hundreds of homes torched since Friday and poses one the biggest tests yet for Myanmar’s new government as it tries to reform the nation after generations of military rule. The handlin
June 12, 2012